[Brasil]
JUSTIÇA DA BAHIA NEGA NOME SOCIAL A TRAVESTIS E TRANSEXUAIS Tribunal de Justiça da Bahia nega nome social a transexuais baianas. Mas luta continua
A luta de transexuais baianas pelo nome social perdeu mais uma batalha importante na última terça-feira, 15 de outubro. Como tem acontecido com todos os pedidos encaminhados ao Tribunal de Justiça da Bahia, mais uma vez foi negado o direito de transexuais e travestis serem identificadas por nomes sociais perante entidades e órgão públicos do Estado.

[CA, USA]
Trans Professor Leaves Christian College After 15 Years
Azusa Pacific University issued a statement Friday saying 'it would be best for Dr. Ackley to pursue professional endeavors elsewhere.'

[CA, USA]
Student Expelled from Calif. Baptist University for Being Trans
The California university claims that Domaine Javier, a 24-year-old transgender woman, committed fraud when she listed her gender as female on the school's application.

[CA, USA]
VICTORY! CA Gov. Jerry Brown Signs TRUST Act
We are thrilled to announce that California Governor Jerry Brown has signed the TRUST Act, which was re-introduced this year. Last year, he had vetoed the bill. The law will prevent police from turning in many non-violent inmates to deportation officials.

[CA, USA]
California GOP Backs Effort To Overturn State’s Transgender Student Protections Law
“[T]hey had to find a new boogeyman and that is transgender kids,” says the out gay regional vice-chairman of the California Republican Party. If the referendum organizers collect enough signatures, the measure would go on the November 2014 ballot.
California Republican Party Endorses Anti-Transgender Discrimination

[IL, USA]
Transgender policy wins former East Aurora administrator award
A former East Aurora School District administrator who drafted a policy aimed at protecting transgender students recently was named “advocate of the year” by an Illinois nonprofit that supports youth who identify as LGBTQ, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning.

[MA, USA]
Senate works for transgender housing
The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate on Sept. 29 unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to create a safer and more welcoming housing policy for transgender students.

[NH, USA]
Transgender high school student in N.H. crowned Homecoming King
A transgender high school senior in New Hampshire has been crowned homecoming king at Concord High School.
Transgender student elected homecoming king at high school in New Hampshire 'by a landslide'

[NY, USA]
Lambda Legal Urges NY High Court to Reinstate Hate Crime Conviction in Death of Transgender Woman
Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the New York Court of Appeals urging the court to reinstate the 2009 conviction of Dwight DeLee, who was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2008 shooting death in Syracuse of Lateisha Green, a transgender woman.

[TX, USA]
Well-known Texas drag performer dies in police custody
A 36-year-old drag performer died in police custody in El Paso, TX in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the El Paso Times, Fernando Gomez — who performed under the name Mercedes Demarco — was acting irrationally when police arrested her and used a Taser to subdue her.
Well known transgender performer dies in police custody

[TX, USA]
U.S. Backs Trans Woman in Texas Housing Suit
The owner of a Texas RV park discriminated against and evicted a transgender woman and her partner, Obama administration lawyers say in a potentially landmark lawsuit.
HUD files lawsuit on behalf of Seven Points trans woman and partner

[Mexico]
Denuncian ataque homofóbo en concurso de belleza gay en el norte de México
La comunidad de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transgénero (LGBT) del estado mexicano de Durango (norte) denunció este lunes que sufrió un ataque homófobo en su concurso de belleza "Señorita Gay 2013" cuando dos mujeres arrojaron gas pimienta en el recinto provocando la suspensión momentánea del evento.
Rocían gas pimienta en coronación gay en Durango
Denuncian ataque homofóbico durante certamen gay en Durango

[Cuba]
Filman en Cuba película sobre un transexual
Ya comenzó a rodarse en La Habana la última película del actor y director Jorge Perugorría, que lleva como título de producción Fátima, o el Parque de la Fraternidad.

[Colombia]
Bogotá elige a su primer líder transgenerista
Por primera vez Bogotá reconocerá a las mujeres transgénero que lideran trabajos sociales en sus barrios o localidades a través de sus expresiones culturales y artísticas.